Unfinished business
Subtitle: a comparative survey of historical and contemporary slavery
By: Joel Quirk
Contributors: Unesco. Slave Route (Project); Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation
Publisher: UNESCO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Paris, France
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9789231041242
Description: Interest in contemporary slavery has increased dramatically over the last ten years, but there remains a widespread tendency to view slavery in the past and slavery in current society as independent fields of study. This book provides a comparative analysis of historical slave systems and modern forms of human bondage. From this standpoint, recent concerns over human trafficking, debt-bondage, child labor and other related problems are analyzed in view of the historical strengths and weaknesses of the legal abolition of slavery. By bringing together a range of studies on different aspects of slavery, both past and present, this book provides a platform for promoting dialogue about ways of addressing both contemporary slavery and the enduring legacies of historical slave systems.--Publisher's description.

Child labor; Comparative analysis; Contemporary history; Forced labor; Government policy; Human trafficking; Liberation movements; Modern history; Prostitution; Slavery.
Notes: UNESCO Slave Route Project and Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Defining slavery in all its forms; title: The question of numbers; title: Human bondage in a comparative perspective; title: Legal abolition; title: Effective emancipation; title: Conclusion : public policy and political activism.